08.09.13. Sawbonna! It's sunny Sunday today! (30 degrees (!!!) )It will be the start of my 3rd week tomorrow, but it feels like I've been here a lot longer. In a good way though, I'm really enjoying myself. The past week I have been helping with the senior primary school play 'Snow White and the Seven Little People'. I am helping the men in black backstage (Grade 7's who move things on and off stage, control smoke machine etc). They get to wear these black shades with pink rims, and they're luminous in the dark! (SO cool). I'm there to make sure they are doing things at the right time behind the scenes. It's different here in SA because grade 1 would be primary 3 in Scotland. So technically, the kids are a little behind (in UK standards). So the grade 7's are 2nd year kids in UK. They're a hand full, but a great laugh. As well as that, Katie and Beth have been designing the tickets for the show. I'm doing the reading program for the grade 5's (aged 11/12) and that fills up a few hours of the week. I have filled up the rest of my time with grade 1's,2's and 3's. Hectic! The junior primary are so sweet when they get to know you, hugging you and holding your hand.
On Tuesday I'm going to the cinema in Pietermaritzburg with the grade 2's. Some of the kids haven't been the cinema before so it will be brilliant to see their happy little faces!
We read stories to the children (girls one night, boys the other night), which is so nice because some of the children never get read to at home. I read Captain Underpants to the boys the other night, it's amazing to hear them laugh. No words. :)
During the first week, all the kids in school were making sandwiches for the low cost housing township. This is Onke making some beefy bovril sandwiches!
This is Katie and I on our first or second day. The kids playground is filled with tyres!
We get 10 days off at the end of September, so I will be spending that time with family in Underberg. What are the chances of them coming to Underberg DURING MY TIME OFF? It wasn't pre-planned or anything! Amazing.
Last weekend we went out for dinner to the Lemon Tree. I got a steak and chips, drink and pudding for just under 100 rand. That's just under 7 pounds!! Went for a KFC yesterday, ugh, yes!!
